Combined cotton-planter and guano-distributer.



No. 672,355. Paten'tedvApr. I6, IQUI.

S. S. CUDD.

COMBINED CUTTUN PLANTEB AND GUNO DISTRIBUTEB.

(Application led Oct. 30, 1900.)

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SIIVIEON SOOVE OUDD, OF KELTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 672,355, dated April 16,1901.

Application filed October 30, 1900. Serial No. 34,972. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMEON SoovE CUDD, of Kelten, in the county of Unionand State of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Cotton-Planters and Guano-Distributers, of which the following is aspeciiication.

My invention is designed to provide a simple and practical seed-planterand fertilizerdistributer designed especially for planting cotton-seed,but applicable to other kinds of seed as well.

It consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts ofthe device, as will be hereinafter fully described with reference to thedrawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is an inverted planview. Fig. 5 is an underneath detail plan view of the bottom of theseedbox. Fig. 6 is a crosssection of the same on line 6 6 of Fig. 5, andFig. 7 is a bottom view of the shaking-shoe of the fertilizer-box.

F F G G represent a rectangular frame, of which F F are the side barsand G G the end or cross bars. To the middle of the under side ofthe'frame-bars F F are bolted boxes Y, in which are journaled the endsof the axle of a driving-wheel A2. Behind the Wheel A2 on the main frameis mounted the seedbox I and in 'front of the wheel on said frame is thefertilizer-box L.

V is a draft attachment secured to the front of main frame, and Krepresents the handles attached to the rear.

M is the front plow or opening-shovel bolted to a curved shank Edirectly in front of Ithe wheel. This curved shank is bolted to theunder side of the front cross-bar G and also to a second cross-bar H atthe rear of the fertililizer-box, which forms a strong brace for theopening-shovel.

N N are the rear covering-shovels which are bolted to the rear ends oftwo curved spring-hars D D. These spring -bars pass along beneath therear ends of side bars F F and in front are secured to the boxes Y bythe same bolts that fasten the boxes to the side bars, the boxes beingextended out on one side in the form of lianges for this purpose. Thecovering-plows N N are arranged in rear of and upon opposite sides ofthe wheel which runs in the furrow of the opening-shovel, and which rearplows N N throw the earth backinto the furrow and cover the seeddeposited therein.

On one end of the axle of the runningwheel A2 there is rigidly attacheda sprocketwheel Z, which by means of au endless chain belt J isconnected to and turns a sprocketwheel Z2 on a shaft passinghorizontally through the seedbox I. On said shaft, about the middle ofthe box, is fixed a toothed wheel W, resembling a circular saw, and oneach side of it there are fixed to its shaft radial stirring-arms z5,which stir the cottonseed and bring them within the infiuence of wheelW, to be fed by it down through the bottom of the box. The bottom ofthis seedbox is best shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in which B B are two platesscrewed or bolted, respectively, to the two frame-bars F F and rear barG about two inches apart. Above these plates are adjustable gage-slidesc c, which are slotted and connected to the plates B B by means ofset-screws c' c. Below these gage-plates c c and between the plates B Bthere is disposed a slide A, which when in place covers the spacebetween the gageplates c c and when withdrawn allows this space to beopen immediately below and in the plane of the feed-wheel W. Bly meansof the set-screws c' c this space between the gage-plates may be madewider or narrower and by the slide A it may be cut off or be made longeror shorter to suit the character of the seed or the amount desired to bedeposited.

I will now describe the means for distributing the fertilizer. On theside of the wheel A2 there are formed or attached a circular se-` riesof projections p, which are designed to operate against a vibratinglever O, which is drawn in the opposite direction by arightangularly-arranged spiral spring P. This lever O is riveted to onecorner of a square plate, forming afeed-shoe S in the bottom of thefertilizer-box L. This shoe is supported at its front ends upon exiblestraps Q and when shaken by the action of the projections of the wheelA2 on the lever O, in connection with the spring P, it allows a smalland regulatable quantity of fertilizer to be fed into the furrow inadvance of the seed. When it is not desired to have fertilizer fed, theshoe S is held stationary by a cord r and a pull rod or wire R.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a seed-p1anter,a seedbox having a bottom composed of two plates BB spaced a distance apart and secured to the bottom of tbe frame-timber,gage-plates c c arranged on the upper side of said bottom-plates andmade adjustable toward each other by set-screws c c and a cut-off slideA arranged beneath the gage-plates in longitudinal position and in theplane of the bottom-plates B B of the seedbox substantially as and forthe purpose described.

2. In aseed-planter, a seedboX having a bottoni composed of ltwo platesB B spaced a distance apart and secured to the bottom of theframe-timber, gage-plates c c arranged on the upper side of saidbottom-plates and made adjustable toward each other by set-screws c' c,a cut-off slide A arranged beneath the gage-plates in longitudinalposition and in the plane of the bottom-plates B B, a shaft passingthrough the seedboX and having a toothed wheel Win the plane of theopening between the gage-plates with stirring-arms t on each side, andmeans for rotating said shaft substantially as described.

3. In a seed-planter, the combination of a seedbox I having a bottomcomposed of two plates B B spaced a distance apart and secured to thebottom of the frame-timber, gageplates c c arranged on the upper side ofsaid bottom-plates and made adjustable toward each other by set-screwsc' d, a cut-O slide A arranged beneath the gage-plates in longitudinalposition and in the plane of the bottom-plates, a shaft passing throughthe seedbox and having a toothed wheel W in the plane of the openingbetween the gage-plates with stirring-arms t on each side, a sprocket-Wheel Z2 on the end of said shaft, a running wheel A2 in front of theseedboX,with sprocketwheel Z on the end of its axle, and a chain belt Jconnecting the sprocket-wheels substantially as described.

4E. In a seed-planter, the combination with the front cross-bar G and asecond cross-bar I-I behind the same; of asupporting-shank E for theshovel having the blade attached to its lower end, said shank beingcurved at its upper end beneath and bolted to both the cross-bars G andH substantially as and for the purpose described.

SIMEON SCOVE CUDD. Witnesses:

J. H. McKIssioK, J. R. I-IIX.

